On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 9:14:05 PM UTC, Alexey Muranov wrote: > Hello, > > what do you think about the idea of replacing "`else`" with "`then`" in > the contexts of `for` and `try`? > > It seems clear that it should be rather "then" than "else." Compare > also "try ... then ... finally" with "try ... else ... finally". > > Currently, with "else", it is almost impossible to guess the meaning > without looking into the documentation. > > Off course, it should not be changed in Python 3, maybe in Python 4 or > 5, but in Python 3 `then` could be an alias of `else` in these contexts. > > Alexey.
It has been discussed before. I believe the chances of it ever happening are roughly zero. There's a good write up on the subject here http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python_concepts/break_else.html -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
